I'm sick and tired of beer.
I've been listening to James Bond audio books and I want to be able to order a wide range of mixed drinks to fit my mood and surroundings.
I need someone to instruct me on the ways of simple mixes.
Even with simple mixes, get your wallet out...
My wife and I have gotten into Liqour over the last couple years, but have really started branching out lately. Oh, and find a good lime supply...
The best ones recently, given the heat of summer and all, are mojito (rum, lime juice, simple syrup, mint leaves, and soda water - play with it until it tastes good to you) and gin and tonic (gin, tonic, lime wedge - again to taste). They just have a simple freshness to them and you can tweek them to your specific taste/tolerance for alcohol. Rum is great, but you usually have to get some sort of juice and other liqour for mixing, or just go with the rum and coke. There is so much out there, you just have to start making that investment into the stuff that you add to the liqour, like grenadine, Rose's lime juice, Bitters, sweet and sour, various juices (check out pomagranite in place of cranberry...). Oh, and Triple Sec goes with a lot of stuff. We don't do tequila too often, again mixed with other stuff. There are also a lot of options for soda water to help change the flavor. It isn't really flavored, but it has the essence of lime or lemon or orange. Very good...
Then, there are so many different types of each liqour. We have had Gin Night with a few different types to find the one we like. We have also had Rum Night and Tequila Night. We tried Vodka Night, but I couldn't tell a difference.
Tuaca in the hot tub on a brisk night, even in the snow, is great.